by Brandon Brewer | Apr 21, 2022 | In the News
Admiral Charles W. Ray, former Vice Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, has joined the Association for Rescue at Sea, taking command as the maritime non-profit’s Chairman of the Board of Directors. Admiral Ray, a native of Newport, Ark., graduated from the U.S. Coast...
by Brandon Brewer | Oct 29, 2021 | AFRAS Awards, Search and Rescue (SAR)
Awards for heroic rescues at sea will be bestowed on ship captains and crews and individual maritime professionals in an Association for Rescue at Sea ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. Tuesday, Nov. 2nd. A U.S. Coast Guard member, two U.S. Coast Guard...
by Brandon Brewer | Dec 15, 2020 | AFRAS Awards, Search and Rescue (SAR)
The Coast Guard and port partners respond to the 656-foot vehicle carrier GOLDEN RAY, in St. Simons Sound, near Brunswick, Georgia, Sept. 8, 2019. Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrews and port partners rescued 20 people after it was reported the vessel was...
by Brandon Brewer | Sep 12, 2018 | AFRAS Awards, Search and Rescue (SAR)
We have selected two U.S. Coast Guard rescuers to receive the Vice Admiral Thomas R. Sargent III Gold Medal this year. Aviation Survival Technician First Class Matthew Silvious, of Air Station Clearwater, Fla., was the rescue swimmer aboard a Coast Guard helicopter...
by Brandon Brewer | Sep 12, 2018 | AFRAS Awards, Search and Rescue (SAR)
Three U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliarists, working with on-scene civilians with medical experience, medevaced a man with severe injuries at Quilomene Creek – part of Washington state’s Columbia River – Sep. 3, 2017. Auxiliarists Kathleen Goodwin (boat coxswain) and...
